swimmable
adjective
swim·ma·ble ˈswi-mə-bəl 
: that can be swum
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The filmmakers, however, did not fill the lake: The body of water was swimmable in the 1980s but dried up more than two decades later. 
Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 Water temperatures are now into the 60s, which is definitely swimmable but will wake you up. Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022 Representing Adidas’ first swimmable billboard, a tank was placed on a beach in Dubai with one of the sides of the tank acting as an active transparent billboard so the swimmer could look out and onlookers could look in. Josh Wilson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Montage Los Cabos sits on one of the only swimmable beaches in its area, Santa Maria Bay, a pristine marine preserve known for calm, clear waters and perfect snorkeling conditions. Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2022 ZAPsters aimed to change people’s attitude toward littering to make the river swimmable and fishable again. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022 The grounds are landscaped so that the buildings, arranged around a swimmable lake, are concealed from one another by a variety of native trees. Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022 Among the island's verdant cliff walls dripping with waterfalls, the powerful Poco do Bacalhau cascades down 300 feet to a petite, swimmable pool. Jeanine Barone, CNN, 26 May 2022 Its roughly 2,800 miles will connect multiple existing trail networks along the country’s jagged seaside cliffs, from swimmable beaches near Cornwall in the southwest to Victorian towns on the eastern Yorkshire coast. Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2021 See More
Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 Water temperatures are now into the 60s, which is definitely swimmable but will wake you up. Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022 Representing Adidas’ first swimmable billboard, a tank was placed on a beach in Dubai with one of the sides of the tank acting as an active transparent billboard so the swimmer could look out and onlookers could look in. Josh Wilson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Montage Los Cabos sits on one of the only swimmable beaches in its area, Santa Maria Bay, a pristine marine preserve known for calm, clear waters and perfect snorkeling conditions. Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2022 ZAPsters aimed to change people’s attitude toward littering to make the river swimmable and fishable again. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022 The grounds are landscaped so that the buildings, arranged around a swimmable lake, are concealed from one another by a variety of native trees. Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022 Among the island's verdant cliff walls dripping with waterfalls, the powerful Poco do Bacalhau cascades down 300 feet to a petite, swimmable pool. Jeanine Barone, CNN, 26 May 2022 Its roughly 2,800 miles will connect multiple existing trail networks along the country’s jagged seaside cliffs, from swimmable beaches near Cornwall in the southwest to Victorian towns on the eastern Yorkshire coast. Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1852, in the meaning defined above